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An X-Ray Santa Claus in Orion
11-29-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)Right in time for the festive season, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has discovered a huge cloud of high-temperature gas resting in a spectacular nearby star-forming region, shaped somewhat like the silhouette of Santa Claus.
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11-30-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
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